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Martin R. Delany's Civil War and Reconstruction
Militant? Uncompromising? Pragmatic? Utilitarian? Accommodating? Conservative? To engage Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) is to wrestle with almost all the complexities and …
Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Sound and Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British …
Religious Conflict and the Evolution of Language Policy in German and French Cameroon, 1885-1939
The book was awarded the Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize in French Colonial History, 2009. This groundbreaking comparative study examines how church-state conflicts shaped the …
Polish-Irish Encounters in the Old and New Europe
The cultural, political, social and economic interaction between Ireland and Poland has a long and complex history. This volume hopes to contribute to an emerging debate around the …
England's Heroical Epistles, by Michael Drayton. With Notes and Illustrations
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders
On March 16, 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. In the following year the Royal Navy’s African Squadron was formed, its mission to stop and …
Science and Technology in South Africa, 1939-1946
This book addresses the ways in which science and technology were employed in South Africa during the Second World War. A key theme underlying the chapters is the human mind: in …
Preserving the Provinces
Though famed for his vivid depictions of nineteenth-century Paris, Honor de Balzac devoted as much of his creative energy to the provinces. This book examines the way in which he …
The History of the Life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted from an Eastern Manuscript, ... with an Introduction, ... and an Appendix, ... by William Jones, ...
Empire and Identity in Guizhou
Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804811This historical investigation describes the Qing imperial authorities attempts to consolidate control over the Zhongjia, a non-Han …
Health, Healing and Illness in African History
In this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day. Its focus is …
History of the Ancient Britons and Their Descendants
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with …